3.0.0 3481 2023-01-11T13:33:59Z 2023-01-11T13:33:59Z Senate S 2016-11-17 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-11-17T23:08:17Z 2016-11-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2016-11-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001197 Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] Ben Sasse R NE N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2016-11-17 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2016-11-17 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2016-11-17 True Economics and Public Finance Economics and Public Finance 00 2016-11-17 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-26T15:04:13Z HHS Slush Fund Elimination Act

This bill prohibits federal funds, including funds appropriated from the Judgment Fund, from being used to pay any final judgment, award, or compromise settlement relating to the transitional reinsurance program or the risk corridor program established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

(The Judgment Fund is a permanent and indefinite appropriation to pay judgments against the United States, including awards, compromise settlements, and related interest and costs. Under the risk corridor program, qualified health plans offered in the individual or small group markets participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums. Under the transitional reinsurance program, health insurance issuers and certain group health plans make contributions to the program, and reinsurance payments are made to issuers for enrollees in certain individual market plans with claim costs within a specified level.)

The bill includes an exception that requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay any final judgment, award, or compromise settlement relating to the two programs from funds appropriated to HHS under provisions of the risk corridor program that require certain health plans with lower costs to make payments to HHS.

]]> HHS Slush Fund Elimination Act Display Title HHS Slush Fund Elimination Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to address payment for claims relating to certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced HHS Slush Fund Elimination Act Introduced in Senate 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3481is/xml/BILLS-114s3481is.xml 2016-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.